Early detection and diagnosis make heart disease easier to treat. That's why it's important to know the warning signs and symptoms of heart disease.
The clinical effects of atherosclerotic disease are characterized by a disproportion between oxygen demand and oxygen supply. If, as a result of coronary insufficiency, this misrelation exists in the heart, it places restrictions on physical performance. Performance capacity can only be improved by ...
Doctors don't know exactly how atherosclerosis starts. But it's believed to begin when the endothelium, the thin layer of cells that lines your arteries, somehow gets damaged. It's a progressive disease that can begin in childhood. Common causes of damage to the endothelium include: High chol...
How can I prevent atherosclerosis? You may not be able to control some of your risk factors for atherosclerosis, such as a family history of heart disease. However, certain lifestyle habits may lower your risk: Avoiding recreational drugs. ...
Atherosclerosis develops slowly over time. It can start as early as childhood. Doctors aren’t sure exactly what causes it. They think it may start when you get an injury to the inner layer of your artery. You might get this damage from: ...
There is no cure for atherosclerosis, but treatment can slow or halt the worsening of the disease. The major treatment goal is to prevent significant narrowing of the arteries so that symptoms never develop and vital organs are never damaged. To do this, you would begin by following the ...
What is Atherosclerosis? Atherosclerosisis the disease that is a result of progressive narrowing and hardening of the arteries. Atherosclerosis arises as a result of plaques building up on the inner lining of the artery wall. These plaques are also known asatheromasoratheromatous/atheroscleroticplaques...
Atherosclerosis is a disease that is silent, but often deadly, since it can cause you to suddenly have a heart attack or stroke. In this lesson,...
Conclusions Anxiety symptoms uniquely correlated with low FA in older adults with atherosclerosis. These findings may have implications for future research on the topic of anxiety in aging and vascular disease and warrant replication. Copyright (c) 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.doi:10.1002/gps.3930...
Plaque buildup in your arteries (atherosclerosis) High cholesterol Inflammation in your aorta Sudden traumatic injury, like from a car crash or fall Untreated infection, including syphilis and salmonella Aortic Aneurysm Symptoms You might not know you have an aortic aneurysm because symptoms often don...